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MIDSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM PETROLEUM REGISTRATION AND PUBLICATION OF LICENCES, PERMITS AND AUTHORISATIONS REGULATIONS, 2023

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3.   (1) The Authority shall establish and  maintain – 
(a) a register for licences, permits and authorisations issued, revoked, 
suspended, surrendered or withdrawn and any modification or 
exemption or any other matter affecting the status of or any interest 
in a licence, permit or authorisation granted in the Nigerian midstream 
and downstream petroleum industry. 
(b) a register of any extension, transfer, surrender, revocation, exemption, 
relinquishment, change of address, change of name or any other 
matter affecting the status of or any interest in a licence, permit or 
authorisation granted; 
(c) a register in which particulars of any interest or shares transferred or 
assigned are recorded by the Authority and the register shall be 
updated in relation to any change in the status of such interest or 
shares transferred or assigned; and 
(d) any other register as the Authority may deem necessary for the 
implementation of the Act. 
(2) The registers shall be under the supervision of the Legal Adviser of the 
Authority. 
 
(3) The Authority shall, not later than 90 days from the commencement of 
these Regulations, establish a portal on its website for the publication of the 
registers. 
Authority to 
establish and 
maintain 
registers 
 
4.(1) The Legal Adviser of the Authority shall be responsible for – 
(a) the establishment, maintenance and publication of the registers 
provided in Regulation 3 (1);  
(b) modifications, or corrections in any register; 
(c) Deletion from any register; and 
(d) in consultation with relevant directorates of the Authority, the 
development of templates for the Authority’s licences, permits and 
authorisations to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act,   
Duties of the 
Legal Adviser 
of the 
Authority 
5. A licence, permit or authorisation for midstream and downstream 
petroleum operations under the Act shall conform to a licensing system as 
determined by the Authority. 
Conformity to 
licensing 
systems